US 12,443,667 B2
Contextual search tool in a browser interface
Yana Yushkina, Seattle, WA (US); Carlos Augusto Marin Capriles, Venice, CA (US); Gabrielle Chung, Santa Clara, CA (US); John Oliver Por, San Francisco, CA (US); Tarun Bansal, Bellevue, WA (US); Greg Duman Schechter, Los Angeles, CA (US); Allison Stanfield, Beaverton, OR (US); Anudeep Palanki, Sammamish, WA (US); Michael Blair Crouse, Seattle, WA (US); Frank Goodman, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas Lukaszewicz, Manly (AU); Timothy Sohn, Los Altos, CA (US); Wilson Shih-Wei Sun, Shoreline, WA (US); Juan Alberto Mojica, Alhambra, CA (US); Duncan Andres Mercer, Orange, CA (US); Justin Gabriel Donnelly, Westlake Village, CA (US); Leonardo Jesus Peña, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Jason Xia Hu, Santa Monica, CA (US); Lilyana Simeonova Mihalkova, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ji Young Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Gabriel Mintzer Bender, Mountain View, CA (US); Behzad Golshan, Los Altos, CA (US); and Bhavesh Sethi, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/598,843.
Application 18/598,843 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2024/016955, filed on Feb. 22, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/486,451, filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0281481 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9532 (2019.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9532 (2019.01) [G06F 9/44526 (2013.01); G06F 16/9574 (2019.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a contextual search request relating to main content, the main content being displayed in a display area of a browser;
extracting at least some content from the main content;
receiving a contextual suggestion associated with the at least some content; and
as a response to the contextual search request, causing display of the contextual suggestion in a contextual search area within the browser.